The Shriners Are a Fraternity Based on the Masonic Principles

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Multiple Choice

The Shriners are a fraternity based on the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth. They have roughly 375,000 members and 191 temples in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Shriners support Shriners Hospitals for Children, which is a system of twenty-two hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care. What prohibits the Shriners from being a social movement?

• A) It is hard to imagine membership in the Shriners transforming anyone's life.
• B) They are not dedicated enough to their work.
• C) They do not seek to alter the status quo.
• D) They do not have an ideological commitment.

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Definitions:

Law of Supply

The principle that, other things equal, an increase in the price of a good leads to an increase in the quantity supplied, and vice versa.

Price

The amount of money required to purchase a good or service, representing the value that consumers or buyers are willing to pay.

Good

An item or service that satisfies human wants and provides utility, which can be transferred from one person to another.

Demand Curve

An illustrative chart that demonstrates the link between a product's price and the amount of it consumers want to buy.